Harnessing Collective Intelligence better than LLMs w/ Sean Geobey
From The Blockchain Socialist by The Blockchain Socialist
June 11, 2026 · 1h 4m
About this episode
The episode discusses collective intelligence and its implications for cooperative economics with Sean Geobey.
I spoke to Sean Geobey, associate professor at the University of Waterloo and Director of Groupthink Labs, about collective intelligence, cooperative economics, and what decentralized technology could actually offer the solidarity economy. We dig into how collective intelligence works at scale, from participatory budgeting experiments in Kitchener to the structural barriers that make setting up a cooperative three times harder than incorporating a business. We also get into the limits of GDP ...
People in this episode
Host: The Blockchain Socialist
Guest: Sean Geobey
Topics covered
- collective intelligence
- cooperative economics
- decentralized technology
- solidarity economy
- participatory budgeting
- structural barriers
Keywords
- collective intelligence
- cooperative economics
- decentralized technology
- solidarity economy
- participatory budgeting
- GDP
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: University of Waterloo, Groupthink Labs
Places: Kitchener
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